Student s drafting-case



W. R. BRIGGS.

STUDBNTS DRAFI'ING CASE.

- Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

(No Model.)

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Its/M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVARREN It. BRIGGS, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

STUDENT'S DRAFTlNG-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,226, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed February 4, 1884. (No model.)

To (LZJ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN R. Emacs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStudents Drafting- Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in thearrangement of the various implements and paraphernalia for drafting andsketching purposes, and has for its object to provide suitable andconvenient receptacles for the various implements and materials used forsuch purposes, and to combine them in a compact and advantageous formwhich will allow their safe keeping and the ready facility of theiradaptation, and prevent disorder when in use and disarrangment when thereceptacle is carried; and with these ends in view my invention consistsin the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafterfully and in detail explained and then specifically designated by theclaims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsmay more fully understand the same, I will proceed to describe theconstruction and adaptation of the same, referring by letters to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improvement with the cover thrownback and held in this position by any suitable device; Fig. 2, a sectiontaken at the lineXX of Fig. 1, showing the inner edge of the cover cutaway in order to permit the head of the T-square to slide without andbeyond the cover.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of thedrawings.

A is the box proper, and B the cover.

0 O are two strips which divide the box into three compartments, D E F,adapted to accommodate, respectively, the instruments, such as pens,compasses, dividers, &c., and the ink-well, the drawing or sketchingpaper, and a drawer containing brushes, ink, and. colors. On thesepartitions the drawingboard G is secured in any ordinary manner.

H is a strip of any suitable material secured to the strip 0 and theside of the box and ex tending throughout the entire width of thelatter. The arrangement of this strip H relative to the drawingboard andthe side of the box is such that the horizontal plane of said strip isslightly below the plane of the upper surface of said board and side, sothat a guide way is thereby formed within which the head of the T-squareI readily slides, the blade of the square extending across thedrawing-board in its proper relative positon thereto; also by thearrangement of the strip H, the compartment F is inclosed and adapted toreceive a drawer, J, within which may be kept brushes, colors, &o., aspreviously set forth.

The drawing-board forms a top to the compartment E, within which iscontained the drawing-paper. The cover B is partitioned into threecompartments in the same manner as the box, the two lateral receptaclesK L being for the accommodation of a drawer containing rubbers anderasers, and various kinds of lead pencils and rules. The centralcompartment, M, is adapted to contain drawing cards or patterns, and itmay be also utilized for finished drawings.

The strip N which forms the back of the box is united by screws orotherwise to the drawing-board, and to this strip the cover is hinged.

O is any suitable devicepivoted to the side of the box and adapted tohold the cover back in an elevated position slightly inclined from aright angle to said box, all of which will be clearly seen and readilyunderstood by reference to Fig. l.

The back of the box is cut away, as shown at P, on alevel with the stripH, and the back of the cover corresponding with this part of the box isalso cut away, as shown at Q, Fig. 2, in order to allow the head of theT-square to project without the box and thereby enable the draftsman toutilize said square close to the top of the board.

Protractors, triangles, scrolls, &c., may be set between thedrawing-cards and the inner face of the cover, as shown at Fig. l.

The cover, when closed, is secured to the box by any well-known andsuitable means.

I do not wish to be confined to the exact lo cation or relative positionof the several lat- ICO eral compartments, as they may be interchangedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

I am aware that various devices have been constructed to serve asreceptacles for drawing materials, 850., and I do not wish to beunderstood as laying claim, broadly, to a device for this purpose; but,

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A case having a drawing-board and a channel or space between the edgeof the board and the adjacent side of the case and extending through therear and front sides of the case, in combination with a lid hinged tothe case, said lid being provided with a projection on its hinged edgeof a length and thickness I to correspond with the depth and width ofthe said channel, substantially as set forth.

2. A students drafting-case having a drawing-board, and a groove betweensaid board and the side of the case extending through the rear wall ofthe latter, as and for the purposesspecified.

8. A case having a drawing-board and a channel or space between the edgeof the board and the adjacent side of the case and extending through therear and front sides of the case, in combination with a lid hinged tothe case, said lid being provided with a projection on its hinged edgeof a length and thickness to correspond with the depth and width of thesaid channel, the recess Q, in the rear of the lid, and a pivotedsupporting-brace, O, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VARREN R. BRIGGS.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM J. HAVILAND, S. S. WILLIAMSON.

